24 February 2015
Ref:
WSIS Forum 2015/01
To: All WSIS Stakeholders
- Governments
- Private Sector
- Civil Society
- International Organizations
Contact: J.K.Ponder
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Invitation to the World Summit on the Information Society Forum 2015 Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs
for Sustainable Development (ITU and WIPO Headquarters, Geneva, 25-29 May 2015)
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Dear Sir/Madam,
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the United Nations Education, Science and Cultural
Organization (UNESCO), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) are pleased to invite you to the WSIS Forum 2015, which
the ITU will host in Geneva (Switzerland) from 25 to 29 May 2015. The WSIS Forum is co-organized by ITU,
UNESCO, UNCTAD and UNDP with the engagement of other United Nations Agencies, including, World
Intellectual Property Organization, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, the Food
and Agriculture Organization, the International Labour Organization, the International Trade Centre, the
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, the United Nations Environment Programme, the Universal
Postal Union, the World Meteorological Organization, the World Health Organization, the World Food
Programme, United Nations Women and the United Nations Regional Commissions.
The overall theme of the Forum is Innovating Together: Enabling ICTs for Sustainable Development. The
Forum will build upon two tracks, the High-Level Track, consisting of policy statements, WSIS prize
ceremony, ministerial round table and the Forum Track that will offer participants a series of high-level
dialogues, action line facilitation meetings, country workshops, thematic workshops and knowledge
exchanges, as well as an exhibition addressing issues that are critical to WSIS implementation and followup in multi-stakeholder settings. The agenda of the WSIS Forum is the result of an open consultation process
with the involvement of all WSIS Stakeholders.
Relevant documentation and the agenda for the meeting are updated constantly and are available at:
www.wsis.org/forum. Participants are invited to register on this website and are advised to book their
accommodation as soon as possible. A list of hotels is available online, which you may wish to consult to
this end.
We look forward to welcoming you at the WSIS Forum 2015.
Yours sincerely,
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Mr. Houlin Zhao
Secretary-General, ITU
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Ms. Irina Bokova
Director-General, UNESCO
Mr. Mukhisa Kituyi
Secretary General, UNCTAD
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Helen Clark
Administrator, UNDP